en Syrtosmilus

Syrtosmilus; Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Barbourofelidae
Tribe:	†Afrosmilini
Genus:	†Syrtosmilus; Ginsburg, 1978
Type species
	†Syrtosmilus syrtensis; Ginsburg, 1978

Syrtosmilus is a fossil genus of barbourofelid with a single species Syrtosmilus syrtensis, which was described based on a single specimen: an edentulous mandible that was found at the Early Miocene-aged site of Gebel Zelten in Libya. Within the Barbourofelidae, it is classified as part of the tribe Afrosmilini.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Ginsburg, L. (1978). "Syrtosmilus syrtensis, n. gen., n. sp., felidé machairodontiforme du Burdigalien de Libye". Comptes Rendus Sommaire de la Société Géologique de France (in French). 2: 73–74.
^ Morales, J.; Pickford, M. (2018). "A new barbourofelid mandible (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Grillental-6, Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 18: 113–123.

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[1] Ginsburg, L. (1978). "Syrtosmilus syrtensis, n. gen., n. sp., felidé machairodontiforme du Burdigalien de Libye". Comptes Rendus Sommaire de la Société Géologique de France (in French). 2: 73–74.

[2] Morales, J.; Pickford, M. (2018). "A new barbourofelid mandible (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Grillental-6, Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 18: 113–123.

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